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Telecommunication

New mobile telephony frequencies for Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom
The companies Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom have been allocated mobile telephony frequencies in the auction which took place in early 2012. The allocation concerned on the one hand frequencies which were already free or which would soon become free and on the other hand all those granted to operators in the past; the Communications Commission (ComCom) had launched the procedure to guarantee the future of mobile telephony provision of high quality and at the lowest possible prices.

Numbering and telephony
Information on telephone numbers used in the telecommunications sector, number portability, carrier selection, migration of the areas code 01 to 044, directory services, laws and decrees etc.

Adressing resources
- Communication parameters
- Telex numbering plan (F.69)
- Numbering plan for data networks (x.121)
- Short numbers for SMS and MMS services

The universal service with regard to telecommunications
The purpose of the universal service is to guarantee that a basic telecommunications services offer is made available to all sections of the population and in all the regions of the country. These services must be affordable, reliable and of a certain quality. The universal service includes telephony, telefax, data transmission, broadband internet connections, access to the emergency services, public payphones and the provision of special services for the disabled.

Telecommunication services providers (TSP)
- List of existing TSP
- Registration as TSP
- Licences for TSP

Network access
- The concept of network access
- Law and jurisprudence
- Form for access applications
- Access agreements
- Technology working group

Surveillance & Monitoring
Summary of the most important supervisory decisions by ComCom and OFCOM


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